[mckirk]

It's fairly unsurprising that the extreme parts of the spectrum aren't listening to each other, given how far removed they are from each other ideologically.

What's way more worrying to me is that they aren't listening to the people that try to understand their perspectives, but keep them grounded in reality. It seems to have become an 'either you are with us, or against us'-situation for a huge number of people, sadly.